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GRADE 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUMUNIT 2: READING BIOGRAPHIESI. Knowledge/ContentII. SkillsIII. ActivitiesIV: ResourcesV. AssessmentVI. Articulation/ThematicHistorical contextCultural influenceRead biography of various artists and describe their style (cubism, impressionism, post impressionism),Write paragraph to review learning of each artist (including parts of speech noun/verb, complete sentences with correctpunctuation and capitalization, proper indentation)Keep running chart to compare/contrast dates of life, where they lived, style, extra personal information, audienceUse different art media to imitate the style of each artist (watercolor, crayon resist, 3D Picasso)Biographies of artists (Picasso, Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Cassatt), videos, foliosField trip to MFA to view artwork and compare/contrast to artists and style in the past,written test of biographical info. on each artist and his/her style, paragraph writingTied to units in Ms. Moore’s art classGRADE 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUMUNIT 3: READING HISTORIOGRAPHYI. Knowledge/ContentII. SkillsIII. ActivitiesIV: ResourcesV. AssessmentVI. Articulation/ThematicStudy various groups of immigrants and why they emigrated (Irish, German, Italian, Jews, Russian, etc)Study various historical events (war, famine, persecution, etc. ) that led to immigration – what did U.S. have to offer?Ellis Island as point of entryRegulation, legislation, quotaCompare/contrastFact findingPrimary sourcesParagraph writingReading historical fiction novel based on ability/comprehensionCooperative learning groups, simulate entering Ellis Island (students dress as immigrants, bring bundle of goods, answer medicalquestions)Book groupsIndependent/collaborative researchReading material, historical fiction/non-fictionVideos, charts, graphsField trip to Lowell National Historic Site to summarize unit, view boarding house of immigrant workers, see factories, simulateimmigrant livesWritten book project after reading historical fiction book (become character in book)Book report based on The Streets of GoldRelated to Social Studies (study regions of Europe where immigrants originated)Math – graphing and estimating numbers of immigrants per country and specific yearsMath related facts/ measurement of parts of Statue of Liberty12